Nothing infuriates me more than people who don’t understand social media and trespass into the space only to boost their marketing efforts. Sadly, Obama gets a thumbs down from me regarding his Twitter account. He has a few opportunities to salvage his brand equity. Read more…
In this entry, I’ll share my thoughts on Twitter as a public safety service and opine on Law Enforcement’s engagement on it as well as provide suggestions to law enforcement agencies nationwide to better interact with Twitter (ultimately, their citizens). Also, I compiled a comprehensive list of all the Police departments who are on Twitter. Read more…
Twitter acquired Summize, a search service that was built from the foundation of Twitter for $15 million. Considering that Summize simply aggregated content provided by Twitter and aggressively cached it so people could access it quickly — that seems about the right amount of value for the startup. Read more…
Microblogging service, Twitter, has had its fair share of success and failure. I really love it, and have been tweeting more than I have months ago, only because of the growth of it. No matter whether or not you use Twitter, there are some lessons learned in their growth for everyone to accept.
It’s rather ironic that even I was targeted by spammers by these unsolicited “Follows” on my Twitter account. I don’t claim any fame on it, I don’t break news on it and is only a means of telling my contacts what I’m thinking about or doing. So, how does one tell if someone is a spammer? Read more…
